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TechCrunch throws down on cable boxes: Who can argue?

The TechCrunch blog usually covers start-up culture, but a post today takes a diversion into the limited, primitive realm of cable boxes. You know 'em, you hate 'em. As post author MG Siegler points out, the interfaces are archaic, the horsepower anemic, and the remotes unappealing. He rightly suggests that...

Tags: TechCrunch, Cable Box, TV, CableCard, Siegler, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-10-08

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Let's hope Facebook can integrate FriendFeed's special sauce

Even since I have been stalking my high school buddies on Facebook in 2004, I can remember the thrill I got inside: "Man, this site is addictive, and I don't see it going away any time soon". As with any growing engine, you...

Tags: Facebook, FriendFeed, Web Servers, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-18

Could Apple really dictate iPhone terms to Verizon Wireless?

The bricks just keep being thrown through AT&T's reputation window. This time, TechCrunch's MG Siegler has an entertaining rant on how Apple needs to dump AT&T and put the iPhone on Verizon Wireless. As noted before, the iPhone may be the worst thing that has ever happened...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Verizon Wireless, MG Siegler, Apple-AT&T Partnership, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-19

Notify.me pings you when your feeds are fresh

Notify.me is your content in real time. That means you can sign up for different feeds, and choose how that content is delivered to you. It's not passive feed reading. You are getting direct notifications of any content you choose. Imagine that you...

Tags: Cell Phone, Service, Notify.me, Cellular Phones, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Google ChromeOS: Have people taken leave of their senses?

Reading the commentary from the likes of TechCrunch, Mashable, The Guardian and even our own esteemed Sam Diaz on the pre-launch (you've got another YEAR to wait) you'd think the Google ChromeOS was the closest thing to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Get a grip people. First up MG...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Register, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Follow Friday: Essential Webbies

tweetmeme_url ='http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=551'; tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; tweetmeme_source = 'zdnetblogs'; Welcome to my new #followfriday series. Each Friday I will try to share with you a few people that I enjoy following on...

Tags: Web, Twitter, Tom Merritt, Merritt, Channel Management, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Would Palm dare roll out Pre a day before Apple's WWDC keynote?

MobileCrunch's MG Siegler has a real saucy suggestion this morning, asking if Palm would dare roll out its Pre smartphone the day before Apple's WWDC keynote. If you'll notice, it's nearly May, and Palm has yet to disclose pricing or a release...

Tags: Apple iPhone, WWDC, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Apple Inc., Pre, MobileCrunch, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Apple's top iPod gun to depart; Papermaster in; Jobs succession gets murkier

Updated: Tony Fadell, the senior vice president in charge of Apple's iPod division, is leaving the company to be replaced by Mark Papermaster, a former Big Blue executive who is being sued by IBM over a non-compete clause. The move statement, first reported by the Wall Street...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., VentureBeat, Blade Servers, Digital Music, Digital Media, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Hardware 2.0 WWDC "blogging the blogs" coverage

Unfortunately a series of prior commitments meant that I couldn't make it to WWDC 08. Since I can't be there, I've decided to do the second best thing and cover WWDC from the angle of "blogging the blogs." So, here I am sitting in front of three...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Blog, Blogging, Hardware, App, Steve, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Twitter outages and Forrester predictions

 In my last post about Forrester's predictions, I suggested that Enterprise 2.0 won't pan out the way they suggest. On one prediction, I think they're spot on but for different reasons: Consumer services like Blogger, Facebook, Netvibes, and Twitter are aimed squarely at consumers, and they typically offer free...

Tags: Outage, Twitter, Forrester Research Inc., Manufacturing, Web 2.0, Internet, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-21